Common questions about Corsham Institute Limited's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Corsham Institute Limited a good charity? +
Corsham Institute Limited scores 28 out of 100 (2 stars — Poor) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 69% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are missing. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Corsham Institute Limited a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Corsham Institute Limited as a registered charity (charity number 1154082). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1154082&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Corsham Institute Limited's charity number? +
Corsham Institute Limited's charity number is 1154082. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Corsham Institute Limited's charity rating? +
Corsham Institute Limited scores 28 out of 100 on CharityCompare (2 stars — Poor). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Corsham Institute Limited have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Corsham Institute Limited. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (3 red flags on this profile: insufficient trustee oversight; poor filing history; high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Corsham Institute Limited? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 69% of Corsham Institute Limited's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Corsham Institute Limited's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 31% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 32% of expenditure (2016–2018, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Corsham Institute Limited. Corsham Institute Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2018 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Corsham Institute Limited receive? +
Corsham Institute Limited reported £2.1m total income in its 2018 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Corsham Institute Limited's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: missing. CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Corsham Institute Limited based? +
Corsham Institute Limited's registered contact address is in Swindon (SN13 0RP). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on education.
How much is Corsham Institute Limited's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Corsham Institute Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2018 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Does Corsham Institute Limited receive government funding? +
Corsham Institute Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2018 reports no income from government contracts or government grants.
Where does Corsham Institute Limited's money come from? +
Corsham Institute Limited reported £2.1m total income for the year ending 31 August 2018. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.9m (91%), charitable activities £180k (9%), trading and fundraising events £4 (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Corsham Institute Limited? +
The register records Corsham Institute Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Corsham Institute Limited's trustees paid? +
Corsham Institute Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2018 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Corsham Institute Limited previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Corsham Institute Limited: Corsham Institute.
When was Corsham Institute Limited registered as a charity? +
Corsham Institute Limited was entered on the register on 4 October 2013. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 08526899).
How does CharityCompare score Corsham Institute Limited? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Corsham Institute Limited's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Corsham Institute Limited's most recent accounts cover 2018. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.